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Patented July 7, 1885.

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PATENT EEANcI c. PERKINS AND CHARLES H. KELLEY, 0E BOSTON, MASS.

CASH-CARRIER.

, SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO- 321,752, dated July '7, 1885.

' Application filed June 5, 1885. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANCIS C. PERKINS, of Boston, (Somerville,) in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, and CHARLES H. KELLEY, of Boston, (Revere,) in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Im= provements in Gash-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.-

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 represents an elevation of a cash-car- 'rier embodying our invention in position for use on a track, the cash-box being raised. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 00, Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are detailed plan views of the underside of the checking and stopping mechanism in different positions. Fig. 5 is an elevation of our device with the cash-boX 10wered and its lid raised.

A is the track, preferably of the clover-leaf shape shown. B B, are the running-wheels; C, the frame, and O G the handles by means of which the device is propelled. D D are bulb-shaped projections extending horizontally from opposite ends of the frame 0, and provided at their extremities with elastic buffers D. E is a plate rigidly secured to the under side of the track, one being placed at each station and at the cashiers desk, said plate being provided with the downwardlyextending flange E. F F are blocks, of substantially the shape shown, pivoted at ff to the under side of said plate. Rigidly secured to the inner edges of these blocks are the springs H, substantially of the shape shown, and flaring or bent from each other at their free ends.

When the carrier is approaching a station or the cashiers desk, the springs are usually in the position shown in Fig. 3, and as the bulb strikes them between their flared ends it forces them apart, the blocks F turning upon their pivots, and passes between them until the buffer D strikes the flange E. This operation causes the carrier to come to a gradual stop, and there is no rebound or unnecessary jar, owing to the fact that the springs fit so closely over the bulbs, as shown in Fig. 41.

The blocks F are prevented from swinging too far inward by means of the stops or pins 9.

I I are vertical tubes extending down from the frame 0, preferably flared at their lower ends.

J J are spiral springs attached at their upper ends to the frame, or to the inner upper ends of the tubes, by means of suitable pins or hooks J, and at their lower ends to the frame K. The normal position of the springs is within the tubes I, holding the frame K close up to the lower ends thereof.

L is the cash-box, and L the cover thereof, hinged at Z to the frame K. M is a handle eX- tending from the cash-box. N is a spring of substantially the shape shown, extending from the frame K, to which it is fastened, overthe cover L, whereby the latter is kept normally closed. 0 O are eyes or hooks secured to the rear or hinged end of the cash-box cover, and P is a wire provided with a handle, 1?, attached to said hooks and extending down through suitable openings in the frame K below the same.

WVhen the carrier reaches a station, it is in the position shown in Fig. 1, and the operator grasps the handle M and draws down the cashbox into the position shown in Fig. 5, and then by pulling the wire lifts the cover L against the power of the spring N, and removes the contents of the cash-box. Then, releasing the wire P,the cover is closed by the spring N, and releasing the handle M the cashbox is lifted by the springs J into the normal position. (Shown in Fig. 1.)

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The plate E E, secured to the track, and the blocks F, pivoted at f to said plate, and provided with the springs H, in combination with the frame 0, provided with the bulbshapcd projections D, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The vertical tubes l, extending downward from the frame of the cash-carrier, and containing the springs J, secured at the upper ends of said tubes, in combination with the cash-box frame K, secured to the lower ends of said springs, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The cash-box frame K, provided with the spring N, in combination with the cover ICO Lof the cash-box hinged to said frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the cash-box frame K, provided with the spring N, the cash-box 5 cover L, hinged to said frame and provided with the hooks O, and the wire 1? I? depending from said hooks through said frame, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination of the frame 0, provided IO with the tubes I, the springs J, cash-box frame K, provided with the spring N, the cash-box cover L, provided with the hooks Oand wire P I the cash-box L, and handle M, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

FRANCIS O. PERKIN CHARLES H. KELLEY. Vitnesses:

' HENRY \V. WILLIAMs,

J. M. HARTNETT. 

